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LAWMA, LASPARK build Christmas trees with 12,000 plastic bottles

Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) have used pet bottles and discarded tyres to build eco-friendly Christmas trees. The Managing Director/ CEO of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, said the agency decided to promote the recycling initiative by building the Christmas trees from recyclable items.

He said: “We partnered LASPARK on the initiative to practise what we preach, by creating Christmas trees whose main materials are sourced fromrecyclables, and bysodoing, teachresidentsin thestatetheimportanceof engaginginrecycling, especially during this festive season.” Odumboni said over 12,000 plastic bottles and 60 tyres of various sizes were used in the process of producing the Yuletide trees, adding that the materials, if not used for the purpose, would have become an environmental nuisance.

He said the eco-friendly Christmas trees, created by the Foundation for a Better Environment (F.A.B.E), on behalf of both LAWMA and LASPARK, were strategically positioned at the Johnson- Jakande-Tinubu (JJT) Park; Alausa Secretariat setback; LAWMA Head Office garden, Ijora; Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (opposite 7up) and Allen Avenue Traffic Intersection, Ikeja.

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